GOVERNOR'S INNOVATION in SAFETY AWARD
“If you want something new, you have to stop doing something old”
-Peter F. Drucker
Award Objective
The ‘Innovation in Safety Award’ is presented to an innovative work group or to recognize a Company that has developed and instituted an innovative method, design, tool, procedure or concept of engineering that has significantly contributed to a positive impact on safety, thus improving health and quality of life and or environmental protection in the work place.
Innovation Definition
For the purpose of this award, “innovation” is broadly defined as a new initiative idea, product or solution to a specific Health, Safety and Environment (HSE) problem, thus improving health and the quality of life.
Eligibility
A group may be defined as a company; corporation; government entity; non-profit; or other group. Groups may submit nominations for smaller business units such as an operating unit, a division, a regional office, a department, etc., or an organization-wide basis. The State of Alaska will review the application and ensure the submitting company/organization is a good corporate citizen in regards to environmental rules, legal issues, wage and hour, etc. Persons submitting a nomination attest that all material submitted are correct to the best of their knowledge.
An innovation can receive an award only one time and not in subsequent years.
Nomination Criteria and Submission Standards
1.Applicant must provide and demonstrate in written and visual detail the safety, quality of life issues, consequences, and a description of risks inherent with the situation prior to the innovation. Photos, testimonies, sketches, video, physical examples or other means is highly recommended in order to provide a comprehensive visual picture with notes or instructions.
2.The group will provide a written and visual product that details the innovation that was implemented that positively impacted the groups the health, safety and environmental performance. Photos, testimonies, sketches, videos, physical example or other means is highly recommended in order to provide a comprehensive visual picture with notes or instructions. This information can be provided in either or both digitally and physical media form.
- The group will provide an overview of the uniqueness of the innovation or the significance of the change, by explaining how it has filled a particular void or changed thinking, practices, processes, or procedures.
- The group will provide in further detail a description of the strategies and initiatives developed to address the problem; a description of the methods used to assess the risks relating to the problem, assisting development of the solution; a description of the approach and involvement of the site’s resources and employees; a description of how the solution was trialed and tested; a description of whether an assessment has identified new hazards since implementation of the solution and subsequent management strategies; and where relevant, a description of how the hierarchy of hazard controls has been applied.
- Lastly, the group has to demonstrate as a whole where they have taken the innovation throughout the organization.
3.All Applicants are required to sign a release of information form and be willing to provide a five-minute presentation upon acceptance of the Innovation in Safety Award at the Governor’s Award Presentation Ceremony. The presentation must include at the minimum but not limited to a power point or equivalent media presentation of the information detailed in paragraph 1 and 2 of this section.
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GOVERNOR’S INNOVATION in SAFETY AWARD Nomination Form
Table 1 –Nominee Information
Name of Company/AgencyDivision/Operating Unit:
Company Name: (as it would appear on the award)
Mailing Address:
Physical Address:
Phone Number:
NAICS Code:
Is this a division/department of a larger organization? / yes no
Group size (number of employees): / 1 – 50 51 – 300 300+
Application Individual:
Mailing Address:
City, State, Zip:
Phone Number:
Email:
Affiliation to Application organization:
The information provided in this nomination is correct to the best of my knowledge.
SignatureDate
Completed applications must be received no later than February 23rd, 2018 @ 5:00pm. Please send completed applications to: or call George Murray 907-339-6271 for more information.
NOTE: If additional information or clarification is needed by the award committee, the applicant will be notified by February 27th and will have until March 5th, 2018 at 5:00pm to submit those clarifications or documents. The applicant will be disqualified if any of the data proves incorrect or the applicant unresponsive
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